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1533 Michel de Montaigne, France, essayist/philosopher 1552 Jobst Brgi, [Justus Byrgius], Swiss/German mathematician 1573 Elias Hill, German architect/city builder (Augsburg) 1683 Ren-Antoine de Raumur, France, biologist/engineer 1712 Louis Joseph de Montcalm de Saint-Vran, France, general 1750 Ignacy Potocki, Polish foreign minister 1786 D Franois J Arago, French astronomer/physicist/politician 1797 Mary Lyon, US, educator (Mt Holyoke) (Hall of Fame) 1797 W Frederik K, prince of Netherlands/general/admiral (10 day campaign) 1799 Johann von Dllinger, German Old Catholic theologian/historian 1817 James Craig, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1888 1820 John Tenniel, England, cartoonist/illustrator (Alice in Wonderland) 1822 Matthew Duncan Ector, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1879 1823 Ernest Renan, French philosopher/historian/scholar of religion 1824 Charles Blondin, France, acrobat/aerialist 1824 John Creed Moore, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1910 1825 Quincy Adams Gillmore, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1888 1833 Alfred von Schlieffen, Count/Prussian general/field marshal 1865 Wilfred Grenfell, England, medical missionary 1866 Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russia, Symbolist poet (Pilot Stars) 1876 John Alden Carpenter, Chicago Illinois, composer (Sea Drift) 1882 Geraldine Farrar, US soprano/actress (Story of American Singer) 1882 Jos Vasconcelos, Oaxaca Mxico, politician/essayist/philosopher 1887 William Zorach, Lithuania, US sculptor (Spirit of the Dance) 1890 Vaslav Nijinsky, Kiev Ukraine, ballet dancer (3/12 NS) 1893 Ben Hecht, NYC, novelist/playwright/screenwriter (Front Page) 1895 Guiomar Novaes, Brazil, pianist (Brazilian Order of Merit) 1895 Marcel Pagnol, French playwright 1896 Philip Showalter Hench, Pittsburgh, physician (cortisone-Nobel) 1898 Molly Picon, Yiddish actress (Milk & Honey) 19-- Billie Bird, Pocatello Idaho, actress (Mrs Cassidy-Benson) 19-- Richard Romanus, Barre Vt, actor (Foul Play, Strike Force) 19-- Rick Lohman, Cleve Oh, actor (Phyl & Mikhy) 1901 Linus Pauling, chemist/peace worker (Nobel 1954, 1962) 1901 Rudolf W Nilsen, Norwegian poet (Hverdagen) 1907 Milton Caniff, Hillsboro Ohio, cartoonist (Terry & Pirates) 1909 Olan Soule, La Harpe Ill, actor (My 3 Sons, Arnie) 1909 Stephen Spender, England, poet/critic (Vienna, Edge of Darkness) 1910 Vincente Minnelli, movie director (American in Paris) 1914 Jim Boles, Lubbock Tx, actor (Joe-One Man's Family) 1915 Peter Medawar, England, zoologist, immunologist (Nobel 1953) 1915 Zero Mostel, actor, if I were a rich man (Fiddler on the Roof) 1917 Hans Deutgen, Sweden, world champion archer 1917 John B Connally, (Gov/Sen-D/R-Tx), took a bullet with JFK 1920 Jim Olin, (Rep-D-VA, 1983- ) 1923 Charles Durning, Highland Falls NY, actor (Fury, Sting, Tootsie) 1924 Robert A Roe, (Rep-D-NJ, 1969- ) 1925 Harry Corbett, British actor (Steptoe & Son/Jabberwacky) 1926 Svetlana Alliluyeva, daughter of Josef Stalin, author (My Life) 1928 Bettye Ackerman, Cottageville SC, actress (Maggie Graham-Ben Casey) 1929 Frank O Gehry, architect (Galleria-Okla City) 1930 Leon Cooper, US physicist (Nobel 1972) 1931 Gavin MacLeod, Mt Kisco NY, actor (Murray-Mary Tyler Moore, Love Boat) 1931 Gustav Thoni, Italy, skiier (World Cup-1971, 72, 73, 75) 1932 Brian Moore, British commentator (Big Match) 1932 Don Francks, Vancouver, actor (Terminal Choice, Finian's Rainbow) 1934 Willie Bobo, NYC, jazz drummer (Cos) 1938 Martin Olav Sabo, (Rep-D-MN, 1979- ) 1939 Charles Brown, Cin Oh, featherweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1964) 1939 John Fahey, singer (Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death) 1939 Tommy Tune, Wichita Falls Tx, dancer/choreographer (Boyfriend) 1940 Joe South, Atlanta, guitarist/songwriter/singer (Games People Play) 1940 Mario Andretti, race-car driver (1969 Indianapolis 500) 1942 Brian Jones, rocker (Rolling Stones-Brown Sugar) 1943 Barbara Acklin, Chicago, R&B singer (Love Makes a Woman) 1943 Hans F Dkstal, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (VVD) 1944 Bernadette Peters, [Lazzaro], Queens NY, actress (Jerk, Song & Dance) 1945 Charles "Bubba" Smith, Tx, NFLer (Balt Colts)/actor (Police Academy) 1945 Mimsy Farmer, Chicago Ill, actress (Devil's Angel, Road to Salina) 1945 Ronnie Rosman, rocker (Tommy James Shondells-Crystal Blue Persuasion) 1947 Stephanie Beacham, England, (Devil's Widow, Schizo, Dallas, Colbys) 1948 Frank Bonner, Little Rock Ark, actor (Herb-WKRP, Sidekicks) 1950 Ilene Graff, Bkln NY, actress (Marsha-Mr Belvedere) 1951 Gustavo Thoeni, Italy, giant slalom (Olympic-gold-1972) 1952 Cristina Raines, [Tina Herazo], Manila Phil, actress (Sentinel) 1952 Jennie Lynn, San Diego Calif, actress (Love & Marriage) 1952 Melissa Babish, SC, swimmer (Olympic) 1955 Adrian Dantley, Wash DC, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1976) 1955 Randy Jackson, rocker (Zebra-Tell Me What You Want) 1956 Adrian Dantley, NBA forward (Utah Jazz, 1981, 84 top scorer) 1957 Cindy Wilson, vocals/percussion (B-52's-Love Shack, Rock Lobster) 1957 Phil Gould, rock percussionist (Level 42-Hot Water) 1960 Dorothy Stratten, Vancouver BC, playmate (August, 1979) (Galixina) 1962 Angela Bailey, England, Canadian 4X100m relayer (Olympic-silver-1984) 1962 Rae Dawn Chong, Edmonton Alberta, actress (Quest for Fire) 1965 Mikko Makela, Tampere Finland, NHL right wing (NY Islanders) 1967 Marcus Lillington, rocker (Breathe-All I Need) 1969 Elisa Fiorillo, singer (Forgive Me For Dreaming) Back to GREGSITE Passings for February 281261 Hendrik, duke of Brabant (1248-61), dies 1618 Philip Willem, Prince of Orange, dies 1626 Cyril Tourneur, English poet/dramatist, dies at about 51 1638 Henri duc de Rohan, French soldier, Huguenot leader, dies 1665 Lodewk van Nassau, Bavarian diplomat, dies 1784 Phillis Wheatly, poetess, dies 1818 Adrian Loosjes Pzn, publisher/writer, dies at 56 1844 Abel P Upshur, Secretary of State, dies in explosion on USS Princeton 1844 Thommas W Gilmer, Navy Secretary, dies in explosion on USS Princeton 1905 Joseph C Juglar, French physician/economist, dies at 85 1913 Elephant seal, 6.8-m, 4000-kg killed, South Georgia (South Atlantic) 1916 Henry James, US/British writer (Bostonians), dies in London at 72 1925 Friedrich Ebert, soc-dem president Germany, dies 1929 Clemens Freiherr von Pirquet, Austrian artist (Reaction of P), dies 1936 Pedro Mu€oz Seca, La Caraba/La oca, dies at 55 1940 Alfonso XIII the Borbon, corrupt king of Spain (1902-31), dies 1940 Johan C Braakensiek, political cartoonist, dies 1941 Alfonso XIII, King of Spain (1902-31), dies at 54 1959 Maxwell Anderson, US dramatist (Key Largo, Bath Seed), dies 1961 Joris Vriamont, Flemish writer/music publisher, dies 1962 Harold Ogden "Chic" Johnson, comedian (Olsen & Johnson), dies at 70 1964 Dirk HW Filarski, painter/lithographer (Bergense School), dies at 78 1966 Charles A Bassett II, astronaut, dies at 34, in a crash of T-38 jet 1966 Elliot M See Jr, astronaut, dies at 38 in T-38 jet crash 1968 Frankie Lymon, singer, dies at 25 1968 Juanita Hall, actress (Capt Billy), dies at 66 1972 Victor Barna, table tennis champ, dies 1977 Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, comedian (Jack Benny Show), dies at 71 1978 Eric Frank Russell, sci-fi author (Hugo, Deep Space), dies at 73 1978 Philip Ahn, LA Calif, actor (Master Kan-Kung Fu), dies at 66 1979 Jane Hylton, actress (Adv of Sir Lancelot), dies at 52 1979 Mr Ed, talking horse, dies 1985 Charita Bauer, actress (Mary-Aldrich Family), dies at 62 in NYC 1986 Sven Olof Palme, Swedish PM, assassinated in Stockholm 1987 Nora Kaye, US ballet dancer, dies at 67 1992 Angelique Pettyjohn, actress (Body Talk, Star Trek), dies at 49 1992 Emilla Sherman, choreographer/rockette, dies 1992 La Lupe, Cuban singer, dies of a heart attack at 53 in the Bronx 1993 Fer A Olthoff, resistance fighter (Slogan), dies 1993 Ishiro Honda, Japans director/producer (Godzilla), dies at 81 1993 Joyce Carey, [Lawrence], English actress, dies Back to GREGSITE Holidays for February 28[Egypt] Independence Day (1922) [Finland] Kalevala Day (1835) [Luxembourg] Burgsonndeg-celebrates end of winter Back to GREGSITE Interest events for February 28[Christian] Feast of St Romanus 468 [RC] Comm of St Hilarius, pope (461-68), cal reformer (non leap years) 1862 [RC] Commemoration of St Gabriel Possenti (leap years) 1993 [Christian] 1st Sunday in Lent 1995 [Christian] Shrove Tuesday (Mardi Gras) 1996 [Ang, RC] Ember Day Back to GREGSITE Special events for February 28 [Ancient Rome] Prid Kal Mar (common years) [Sweden] Maria name day (most popular woman's name in Sweden) 1066 Westminster Abbey opens 1610 Thomas West, Baron De La Warr, is appointed governor of Virginia 1638 Scottish Presbyterians sign National Convenant, Greyfriars, Edinburgh 1692 Salem witch hunt begins 1704 Elias Neau, a Frenchman, opens a school for blacks in NYC 1704 Indians attack Deerfield, Mass, kill 40, kidnap 100 1708 Slave revolt, Newton, Long Island NY, 11 die 1749 1st edition of Henry Fieldings' "Tom Jones" published 1778 Rhode Island General Assembly authorizes enlistment of slaves 1794 US Senate voids Pennsylvania's election of Abraham Gallatin 1810 1st US fire insurance joint-stock company organized, Philadelphia 1819 1st public performance of a Schubert song, "Schfers Klageleid" 1826 M Biela, an Austrian officer, discovers Biela's Comet 1827 1st commercial railroad in US, Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) chartered 1835 Dr Elias Lnnrot publishes Finnish poem "Kalevala" 1847 US defeats Mxico in battle of Sacramento 1849 1st boatload of gold rush prospectors arrives in SF from east coast 1854 Republican Party formally organized at Ripon, Wisc 1859 Arkansas legislature requires free blacks to choose exile or slavery 1861 Territory of Colorado created 1862 The opera "La Reine de Saba" is produced (Paris) 1864 -Mar 4th) Raid at Kilpatrick's Richmond 1871 2nd Enforcement Act gives federal control of congressional elections 1878 J Palisa discovers asteroid #184 Dejopeja 1878 US congress authorizes large-size silver certificate 1879 "Exodus of 1879" southern blacks flee political/economic exploitation 1879 J Coggia discovers asteroid #193 Ambrosia 1882 1st US college cooperative store opens, at Harvard 1883 1st US vaudeville theater opens (Boston) 1888 Ferry in San Pablo Bay explodes 1893 Edward Acheson, Penn, patents an abrasive he names "carborundum" 1906 Ottawa Silver 7 beat Queen's Univ (Kingston Ont) for Stanley Cup 1908 Failed assassination attempt on Shah Mohammed Ali in Teheran 1911 J Palisa discovers asteroid #710 Gertrud 1913 6.8-m, 4000-kg elephant seal killed, South Georgia (S Atlantic) 1914 Construction begins on Tower of Jewels for the Exposition (SF) 1917 AP reports Mxico & Japan will allie with Germany if US enters WW I 1917 Russian Duma sets up Provisional Committee; workers set up Soviets 1922 Egypt regains independence from Britain, but British troops remain 1922 KHQ-AM in Spokane WA begins radio transmissions 1923 Swedish king Gustaaf V begins state visit to Netherlands 1924 US begins intervention in Honduras 1925 Acting museum of Amsterdam established 1925 Congress authorizes a special handling stamp 1925 Longest win streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (9 games) 1929 Chic Black Hawks lose record NHL 15th straight game at home 1931 Canadian Rugby Union adopts the forward pass 1932 A Schwassmann discovers asteroid #1310 Villigera 1932 E Delporte discovers asteroid #1724 Vladimir 1933 Hitler disallows German communist party (KPD) 1939 Great-Britain recognizes Franco-regime in Spain 1940 1st televised basketball game (college game at NYC's MSG) 1940 US population at 131,669,275 (12,865,518 blacks (9.8%)) 1941 British-Italian dogfight above Albania 1942 1st weapon drop on Netherland 1942 Japanese land in Java, last Allied bastion in Dutch East Indies 1942 Race riot, Sojourner Truth Homes, Detroit 1943 "Porgy & Bess" opens on Broadway with Anne Brown & Todd Duncan 1951 French cabinet of Pleven disolves 1951 Senate committee reports of at least 2 major US crime syndicates 1952 L Boyer discovers asteroids #1629 Pecker & #1630 Milet 1953 Stalin meets with Beria, Bulganin, Chroestsjov & Malenkov 1956 13 die in a train crash in Swampscott Mass 1956 Forrester issued a patent for computer core memory 1957 Jockey Johnny Longden's 5,000th career victory 1959 Launch of Discoverer 1 (WTR)-1st polar orbit 1959 NFL trade, Chicago Cards trade Ollie Matson to LA Rams for 9 players 1961 JFK names Henry Kissinger special advisor 1962 WMGM-AM in New York City changes call letters to WHN 1966 Cavern Club (Beatles hangout) in Liverpool closes 1967 Wilt Chamberlain sinks NBA record 35th consecutive field goal 1968 Pirate Radio Hauraki, off New Zealand, returns to the air 1968 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #1793 Zoya 1970 Bicycles permitted to cross Golden Gate Bridge 1970 KIIN (now KUN) TV channel 12 in Iowa City, IA (PBS) 1st broadcast 1970 WUTR TV channel 20 in Utica-Rome, NY (ABC) begins broadcasting 1971 Jack Nicklaus wins his 2nd golf grand slam 1971 WDRB TV channel 41 in Louisville, KY (IND) begins broadcasting 1972 George Harrison is involved in a minor car accident 1973 L Kohoutek discovers asteroids #3407 & #3627 1974 US & Egypt re-establish diplomatic relations after 7 years 1975 41 killed in London Undergroud, as train speeds past final stop 1976 Ceuta & Melilla (Spanish Morocco) are last European African possession 1976 Spain withdraws from Western Sahara 1979 N G Thomas discovers asteroid #2612 Kathryn 1979 P Wild discovers asteroid #2521 1980 "The Well-Tuned Piano" by La Monte Young premiers (takes 4 h 12 m) 1981 Calvin Murphy (Hou), sets NBA record with 78 consecutive free throws 1981 H Debehogne discovers asteroid #2958 1981 S J Bus discovers asteroids #2780 Monnig, #3287, #3307 & #3602 1982 AT & T looses record $7 BILLION for fiscal year ending on this day 1982 FALN (PR Nationalist Group) bombs Wall Street 1982 H-E Schuster discovers asteroid #3288 Seleucus 1983 Final TV episode of "M*A*S*H" airs (CBS); record 125 million watch 1988 Pat Verbeek beomces 1st NJ Devil to score 4 goals in an NHL game 1989 Memo by Brian Gumbel criticizing Today Show co-workers becomes public 1990 Dutch police seize 3,000 kg of cocaine 1990 US 65th manned space mission STS 36 (Atlantis 6) launches into orbit 1991 Don Mattingly named 10th NY Yankee Captain 1991 Noureddine Morceli runs world record 1500m indoor (3:34:16) 1991 US & allied forces grant Iraq a sieze fire 1993 Iolanda Chen jumps world indoor record hop step (14.46m) Back to GREGSITE Facts for February 2859th day of the year with 306 days left (Numerology = 3) 1880 68øF highest temperature for this date in NYC 1990 5øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC Back to GREGSITE Songs released on February 2802/28/46 --- Day By Day --- Sinatra, Frank 02/28/47 --- Anniversary Song --- Shore, Dinah 02/28/70 --- Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) --- Edison Lighthouse 02/28/70 --- Easy Come, Easy Go --- Sherman, Bobby 02/28/81 --- Morning Train (Nine To Five) --- Easton, Sheena 02/28/81 --- While You See A Chance --- Winwood, Steve 02/28/87 --- Midnight Blue --- Gramm, Lou |
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